IC1805: The Heart Nebula (2009 Feb 14)

[orin stepanek]

A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD.

Orin

[neufer]

A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD.

IC Intracardiac
IC Intensive Care
IC Ice Crystals
IC Sea Ice Concentration
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A.C. Neuendorffer... born Thu 1946 Feb 14 in Washington, D.C.

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39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC

___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 51m 40s      −12° 58.3'        −3.890      76.442      Set
Mercury    22h 6m 8s        −13° 40.0'	     −1.619      73.664      Set
Venus__    22h 6m 8s        −13° 10.8'        −1.307      74.038      Set

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[aristarchusinexile]

What! No chocolate! Intensive care indeed!

[orin stepanek]

A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD.

IC Intracardiac
IC Intensive Care
IC Ice Crystals
IC Sea Ice Concentration
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A.C. Neuendorffer... born Thu 1946 Feb 14 in Washington, D.C.

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39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC

___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 51m 40s      −12° 58.3'        −3.890      76.442      Set
Mercury    22h 6m 8s        −13° 40.0'	     −1.619      73.664      Set
Venus__    22h 6m 8s        −13° 10.8'        −1.307      74.038      Set

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You were a nice little valentine; at least I'll bet your parents thought so!

Orin

[neufer]

You were a nice little valentine; at least I'll bet your parents thought so!

Why...I ought to....
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I have a theory that the proverbial Biblical 40 years (Moses in the wilderness, etc.)
comes from the solar/Mercury/Venus cycle of about 40 years (of ~365.0 days):

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39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 51m 40s      −12° 58.3'       −3.890      76.442      Set
Mercury    22h 6m 8s        −13° 40.0'	    −1.619      73.664      Set
Venus__    22h 6m 8s        −13° 10.8'       −1.307      74.038      Set
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39°N 77°W at Thu 1986 Feb 6 13:00 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 19m 32s      -15° 36.6'        8.097      -62.293      Up
Mercury    21h 38m 16s      -16° 10.2'        4.450      -65.011      Up
Venus__    21h 38m 16s      -15° 33.5'        4.867      -65.459      Up
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39°N 77°W at Wed 2026 Jan 28 23:50 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    20h 45m 59s      -17° 59.3'       -16.719      80.114     Set
Mercury    21h  9m  4s      -18° 30.4'       -12.639      76.292     Set
Venus__    21h  9m  4s      -17° 45.9'       -12.191      76.896     Set

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[orin stepanek]

Were you really born on Valentines Day? That's OK My wife was born on St. Patrick's Day i944. She's my little Leprechaun. 8)

Orin

[neufer]

Were you really born on Valentines Day?

Oh, yeah!
(Better than being born on XMas though.)

That's OK My wife was born on St. Patrick's Day i944. She's my little Leprechaun. 8)

My wife's father was strongly pro-English and forced her to wear orange on St. Patrick's Day.